Cuff-fastening.



PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

H. G. SHEPHERD,

CUFF FASTENING.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 17, 1905.

WITNESSES.

A TTOR/VEYS UNITED STATES PATENT QFFTCE.

CUFF-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed June 17,1905. Serial No- 265,708.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY CURTIS SHEP- HERD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Crete, inthe county of Saline and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Cuff-Fastening, of'which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in fastening devices for shirt-cuffs, an object being to provide a fastening of novel construction to take the place of the ordinary buttons or links that will have a neat appear ance and that will hold the cuff in proper position without danger of breaking or bendin the cuff.

I will describe a cuff-fastening embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cufl-fastener embodying my invention and showing the same as applied, and Fig. 2 is a section through the fastener.

The fastener comprises an outer clamping member having divergent sides 1 and an inner clamping member or jaw having a bridgepiece 2 and divergent side members 3. Between the members 1 and 3 the edges of the cuff a: are designed to be engaged and clamped, as will be hereinafter described.

The bridge-piece 2 is provided with a tapped or threaded perforation to receive the thread of a clamping-screw 4, which passes loosely through an opening formed in the bend of the outer clamping member or jaw, and on the outer end the clamping screw is provided with a suitable head to be engaged by a persons fingers for tightening the device.

If desired, the outer surfaces of the parts 3 may be provided with short teeth 6 and the inner surfaces of the parts 1 with teeth 7 for engaging, respectively and slightly, into the material of the cuff at the outer and inner sides.

In applying the device to a cufi the screw 4 is to be turned until the side members of the inner clamping-j aw are spaced sufficiently from the inner sides 1 of the outer clampingjaw, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. After placing the edges or ends of the cuff between the jaws the inner jaw is to be drawn inwardly by means of the screw 4, and obviously the cuff will be tightly clamped between the jaws.

As indicated in Fig. 1, the fastener may be placed directly over the buttonholes of the cuff designed to receive ordinary buttons or links, and, in fact,-by employing my invention cuffs may be made without said buttonholes. Therefore the cost of manufacture will be somewhat lessened.

The fastener may consist of any suitable metal and ornamented as desired or be set with jewels.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A cuff-fastener comprising inner and outer portions, each having diver ent clamping members, and means for tigl itening the clamping members on a cuff by causin a lengthwise-sliding movement of one mem er relatively to the other.

2. A- cuff-fastener comprising an outer clamp having divergent members, an inner member having a bridge-piece provided with a tapped opening, clamping members diver gent from said bridge-piece, and a screw engaging in said tapped hole and passing loosely through the outer jaw at the bend.

3. cuff-fastener comprising an outer portion having diver ent clamping members, provided with teetfl at the inner side, an inner portion having a threaded perforated bridge, and divergent connecting members extended from the bridge, the said members having teeth on their outer sides, and a clamp ing-screw engaging in said tapped hole and passing loosely through the outer jaw por tion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY CURTIS SHEPHERD.

Witnesses J. O. GOODWIN, R. L. ATTEBERY. 

